Event Description:
Emerson Faculty and students will be conducting a workshop with the newly launched civic media literacy toolkit, Civic IDEA. Civic IDEA is a media literacy intervention to help build the capacity of youth to be more engaged citizens through the creation and distribution of media. Civic IDEA incorporates accessible technologies and a focus on connecting critical inquiry with active engagement in daily life. Youth who engage with the IDEA framework will learn to identify and investigate issues, deliberate around their values, express alternative narratives to current messages, and advocate for communities and issues that matter. In this event, we will use Civic IDEA to expand the capacity of media literacy to exhibit civic intentionality.

Event Description:
“Using the Community Loan Fund” – Media Literacy Week Edition! Come learn about the Community Loan Fund and what it can do for you. Members of this local organization will explain how the loan fund works, and provide examples of work the Loan Fund has done in the community, including funding assistance for local youth media organizations and more.

Event Description:
In a game show-style format, students and faculty will volunteer as contestants. They will be asked a series of questions about print and video news and also asked to view deep fake videos in an effort to distinguish what is real and fake. Every contestant will win a prize. Food will also be available.